Culture and Explicitness of Persuasion: Linguistic Evidence From a 51-Year Corpus-Based Cross-Cultural Comparison of the United Nations General Debate Speeches Across 55 Countries (1970-2020)

Cross-Cultural Research Vol/Iss. 57(2-3) Sage Journals Published In Pages: 166-192
By Shen, Li

Hypothesis

Countries from the East and countries from the West will cluster separately in terms of persuasion explicitness.

Note

Two clusters were produced with more and less explicit persuasion. These are loosely grouped by East and West, but there are a number of exceptions, including the Baltic States, a number of Eastern European and Mediterranean countries, and Japan.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Hierarchical ClusteringSupport ClaimedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
CountryIndependentIdentification, Location
Persuasion explicitnessDependentOratory